LIFE OR DEATH?

Memorise: "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged" (1 Cor 11:31)

Read: 1 Cor 11:28-31

There is a difference between eaters and non-eaters of the Holy Communion. A line of demarcation is drawn the moment you partake of it. When you read Exodus 12:11- 12, you will observe this difference on the night the Israelites partook of this meal. When God's glory descended, the Egyptians experienced a 'passing through' while the Israelites experienced a 'pass over'. When God's glory descends, it will pass through the enemy. When the wind is blowing and something stands on its way, it will be uprooted. What is that token of the liar that has been standing in God's way in your life? It is uprooted now. It was Passover for the Israelites. To pass over is to pick from one place and move to another location. A meal that can kill or heal should be feared and handled with extreme caution. When the Israelites and the Egyptians went to bed that night, both experienced different things. While the former experienced unlimited joy, the latter experienced unlimited sorrow. While the former were given what was denied them for over 400 years, the latter lost the most important members of their families - the first born - both of animals and human beings. As you partake of this meal this season, all your enemies will encounter great losses.




The Holy Communion triggers a loss or a gain. It is either taking something you have or giving you what you don't have. It is either opening doors to you or shutting doors already opened. It can kill or give life. Never joke with it. Eat it according to the prescription. Many years ago, while my father in the Lord was still alive, we had a Holy Communion Service at Ebute Metta. Papa warned that anyone who was not yet a child of God should not take it. But there was a particular woman at that service who said to herself: "Is it not ordinary bread and wine?" She ate it and by the following morning, she developed a growth on the neck. Every enemy of God that eats it is in trouble. Every believer toying with sin that eats it may become sick or even die, but if a sick believer eats it, the fellow becomes healthy. What is your attitude to the Holy Communion? Examine yourself, your deeds, conduct etc. before you partake of every meal. You can have life instead of death.







Father, as I partake of the next Communion, I receive life, not death.